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Sustainable procurement saves tonnes of CO2 emissions

02 May 2018

by Jack Aldane

A project aimed at the sustainable delivery of goods and service contracts within several European regions has saved more than a quarter of a million tonnes of CO2 per annum.

Results from the SPP Regions Project, coordinated by Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), showed that the network of seven regions managed savings of 394,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The regions include Barcelona, Bulgaria, Copenhagen, The Hague, south-west England, Turin and west France.

Simon Clement, of ICLEI's Sustainable Economy and Procurement team, told Cities Today that as well as emissions reduction, the project targets the vast costs of energy needed to consume goods and services that public authorit...

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